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3D abstract art on a street found wodden object

Abstract art on a 3 dimensions´ object Though 3 weeks ago I said I was taking a blog posting rest, I´ve changed my mind and decided to write a new post, this time explaining you the creative process I´ve followed regarding this new 3D abstract art creation developed in my paitning studio in Barcelona for several weeks. It´s finally finished!!!!! It´s taken me a while – read this other post …Read More

I´m taking a writing and inspirational break

Dear reader, for the moths to come, and while working on some new aesthetical concepts that have to do with following inspirations, I have decided to take a writing break regarding this abstract art blog. You can still join me either at yasoypintor´s facebook or pinterest pages. Take care. pd: I will update and include photos of my new creations as they are finished and validated.  

New menus on this abstract art web page

New abstract paintings and abstract art exhibitions This is a fast post. I just want to inform all yasoypintor blog readers that I have opened two new menus on yasoypintor´s web page. The first one is called Decompositions abstract paintings. In this menu I show all the new abstract paintings I´m creating around this new concept I call DECOMPOSITIONS. You can also enjoy a video full on inspiring images, and …Read More

How an abstract artwork boosts creativity

When abstract art propels creativity. Hasn´t it happened to you that the sudden vision of something really amazing and unique (an artwork, a scene in the city, a landscape…) “turns on a special button” that for some unknown reason propels your creativity to levels you had never imagined you could get to before? Doesn´t it happen to you that the more art you see, the more difficult it is to …Read More

Abstract art painter? Yess! Check the level of this exhibition

Exhibiting my abstract art in a fabulous place. When I was a kid I wondered what the future would be like. I never, ever imagined I would exhibit my abstract art paintings in Soria. But unthinkable things simply happen, and thanks to my wife and her passionate courage, I showed some of my abstract paintings at this unbeatable contemporary art exhibition! These are some of the photos taken during the …Read More

Abstract art painting | The muses are still generous with me

New abstract painting collection. Should I thank the muses? Yes. After quite some time around my already finished Space Occupancies abstract art series, I´ve just started a new collection of abstract paintings that promises to be hyper challenging. I hope the muses will still be around to keep offering me their creative generosity! By the way, I recommend you to watch this TED talk where writer Elisabeth Gilbert talks about …Read More

Abstract Art Exhibition | Contemporary art in Barcelona

Antonio Basso´s contemporary Art in Barcelona. Some months ago I wrote about how the Spanish art market had collapsed, and discussed the need to reinvent the way Galleries exhibit, at least in Barcelona, and why new proposals where needed in order to reactivate the market. Bárbara Aurell, a Barcelona´s interior designer at espacio en blanco, two years ago decided to start exhibiting contemporary art at her fabulous home-studio. Bárbara loves …Read More

Black & white abstract painting. An inexhaustible powerful combination (I)

Abstract art paintings: contemporary and modern art artists. When there´s value in an abstract artwork you will appreciate its visual power even if the artist only used black and white. Kandinsky, Klee, Mondrian, Pollock, and many other outstanding abstract artists, at some point of their careers created unforgettable abstract paintings using a black and white combination. We currently live in a world dominated by technology, computers and color TV, which …Read More

Abstract art painting | Creating, destroying & transforming a painting

Some abstract paintings are more “complicated” than others. The following story is about one of my latest abstract paintings and the +/-  eight months it has taken me to finished it.  Space Occupancy #20  has been pretty tough to create. This fact gives it a special significance and value, at least from an artist point of view… Eight months ago, I bought a fabulous 130×190 cms burlap canvas to paint …Read More

The art market collapses. New initiatives needed!!!

Alternative contemporary art initiatives happening. According to a recently published research, the spanish art market has reduced it´s size by a third (from 2007 to 2011). The research includes many probable reasons for this decrease, but the one that calls my attetion the most is “the lack of true art collectors“. There are maaaaany other reasons but let me just make a point here … What about the millions and …Read More

Abstract art painting: Space Occupancy #18 by Antonio Basso

New abstract painting by Antonio Basso. Some of my abstract art collectors and readers (to whom I dedicate this article) tell me they enjoy when I write about a new abstract painting explaining the whole creative process. This post shows you the process of one of my latest abstract paintings that belongs to the series Space Occupancies (find more info about the origen of this abstract series in the following …Read More

Space Occupancies | Antonio Basso´s new abstract paintings

Abstract paintings During these past few months I´ve been working on a new abstract art concept I name “Space Occupancies”. How did it start?… I was having coffee in a terrace near MACBA (Barcelona´s modern art museum) and suddenly started watching a building in front of me that did not let me see what was behind it, though I could sense it by watching its surroundings. The more I looked, …Read More

Joan Miro: his most valuable abstract art painting?

Blue abstract art painting: Joan Miro Joan Miro´s Etoile Bleu abstract painting will be auctioned in a couple of weeks. It seems it will mark a new Joan Miro´s price record for one of his abstract art paintings. (update: it actually did) Why, how and when Joan Miró used the blue color?. What other abstract art artists have used it too?. What does blue color mean? From 1925 to 1927 …Read More

New abstract art painting. How did it happened?

Antonio Basso´s new abstract art painting. The history of this new abstract art painting goes as follows: 1. José de Ibarra, a prestigious contemporary art gallerist, art dealer and owner of an exclusive art gallery guide, comes to my studio for the first time; likes what he sees, and asks me to make bigger abstract art paintings. He believes the results will be good. I agree… This post as many previous …Read More

Abstract and contemporary art: Maximum expression and maximum intervention (part I)

Really very interesting abstract artists artworks     This post is about abstract and contempary art artworks. It deals with a very interesting art classification I am developing and would like you to help me go forward. This post as many previous ones collapsed some time ago!. Sorry. You will not be able to see the images but you can still enjoy the links, take a look at the artists …Read More

Interesting Abstract Artists: color, lines, geometry and beauty

Unique abstract artists (sXX and XXI) Since time inmemorial, straight and non straight lines combined with color have been a focus theme used by abstract artists. I have seen quite ancient micronesian and african art examples of the above, but it is in the XXth century when modern abstract artists creativity sploites and the use of lines and color to describe space, form, feelings, environments, or simply to synthesize, gets …Read More

Contemporary art: space, color and shape

Conceptual and abstract modern art. Since the very beginning artists have worked around three main concepts: space, color and shape. The arrival of modern art, contemporary art, abstract art, visual art (you name it…), allowed artists to stay away from traditional “rules” while being able to add additional themes to their art works: texture, concept, emotions, objects, movement. But … What happens when a modern/contemporary abstract artist armonically integrates shape, …Read More

Modern abstract painting: Abstract art step by step

Tie #11. New abstract creation by Antonio Basso This post is about a new abstract painting I´ve been working on for the last two and a half weeks. Yes, sometimes it takes time to finish a good abstract art work! Each abstract painting I make is not finished until it is. What does this mean? My experience tells me that the decision is mainly unconscious (at least apparently). When a …Read More